The Babymakers
An infertile husband and his friends turn a sperm-bank recovery mission into a raunchy, recklessly complicated quest for parenthood.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- raunchy
- irreverent
- crude
- adult comedy night
- late night viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the capable cast wasted by gross-out gags, misfired one-liners, and humor that mistakes raunch for comedy.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Tommy and Audrey's struggle to become pregnant motivates the theft of Tommy's stored sperm sample.
The sperm deposit at the bank is the concrete object Tommy and his friends attempt to steal.
The premise combines infertility, sperm donation, and a sperm-bank theft with adult gross-out humor.
Tommy recruits Wade, Darrell, and Zig-Zag to carry out an illegal recovery mission for his marriage and future family.
Films like The Babymakers, and why
The Switch
raunchy fertility-centered comedy with crude humor and relationship conflict
The Inbetweeners Movie
adult friendship comedy built around an embarrassing reproductive premise and gross-out gags
Wedding Crashers
male friendship, sexual humor, and escalating comic misconduct in pursuit of a personal goal
Movie Details
- Director
- Jay Chandrasekhar
- Release Date
- 2012-08-03
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 5.0 / 10 (145)
Cast
- Paul Schneider
- Olivia Munn
- Kevin Heffernan
- Wood Harris
- Nat Faxon
- Jay Chandrasekhar
- Aisha Tyler
- Collette Wolfe
- Hayes MacArthur
- Lindsey Kraft
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Howdy Amazon Channel
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Babymakers about?
- An infertile husband and his friends turn a sperm-bank recovery mission into a raunchy, recklessly complicated quest for parenthood.
- What is The Babymakers like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Babymakers as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Babymakers violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Babymakers as mild.
- What did critics think of The Babymakers?
- Critics broadly found the capable cast wasted by gross-out gags, misfired one-liners, and humor that mistakes raunch for comedy.
- Which films are like The Babymakers?
- Films with a similar feel include The Switch, The Inbetweeners Movie, and Wedding Crashers.
- How long is The Babymakers?
- The Babymakers runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Babymakers?
- In United States, The Babymakers streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Howdy Amazon Channel.
